Baltika 6 Porter

Brewed by Baltika Brewery (Baltic Beverages Holding - Carlsberg)
Style: Baltic Porter
St. Petersburg, Russia

This was a good porter, but I tend to favor this style anyways. Very dark with roasty flavors, this was a good choice!

More like a doppelbock than a standard porter. Malty, raisiny sweet aroma. Dark reddish brown color. Head is initially thick but mostly diminishing. Some coffee flavors are present but malt sweetness dominates for the most part. Clean mouthfeel. Almost no hops until they come out in the finish. No complaints about that though. This was meant to be maltcentric and it works out wondefully.

Dark brown with a wonderful brown head, good lacing. Aroma is a delicious strawberry and vanilla. Taste doesn’t measure up. Light hops and faint charcoal, with an abrupt finish.

Pours a clear brown with a big mocha head. Light roasty aroma. Flavor is rich and sweet with some chocolate bitterness, roasted coffee, and light hops. Finishes dry and clean. Pretty decent porter.

16.9 fl oz. 500 ml. brown stubby bottle. Best before date of 7-14-05. Product of Russia. I believe this is my first Russian beer. Anyway, it poured out a deep mahogany-chocolate brown color, with a tan colored head. Very thick and sticky. The head slid down the sides of the glass slowly. Aromas are of roasted espresso coffee beans, slight licorice, some oak barrel in the mix also. Wafts of vanilla greet the nose as well. Tastes are of dark, bittersweet chocolate, coffee beans, rich malts, and a background of bitterness. Medium mouthfeel, decent carbonation. Not overpowering with the anise flavors, like so many other porters. Decently balanced, somewhat fruity finish to it. A decent Russian beer by anyone’s standards.

500 ml bottle in gift pack from LCBO, served at cellar temperature in a snifter glass.

App.: Deep brown-black with a so-so tan head. Aroma: Nice rich sweet chocolate, vanilla, dried fruits, light nuttiness, some coffee, some molasses, some bright berries, a little wood, a light soy sauce/savoury note with a hint of fish (?!), Palate: Medium+ body and virtually no carbonation for a very silky, smooth feel. Flav.: Grape-like fruitiness, a bit stale, many of the inviting aromas don’t come through, some almost-burnt cracker, a bit of leafy hops, a little coffee, some light alcohol; lightly sweet with balancing bitterness and a lightly fruity/malty finish.

The classic bait and switch: the attractive nose lures you in and then leaves you with it’s fat friend.

Dark brown, reddish highlights. Really thick head. Nose has roasted notes and is nutty. Palate alternates between dry and oily (not well mixed?) cocoa is prevalent. Very sweet and tasty, good, not excellent like other baltics I’ve had.

1 pint .9 oz bottle from BevMo: Very dark brown with a medium light tan head. Aroma is malty sweet with hints of coffee. Flavor has a cola like start with a light smokeyness followed by some milk chocolate and a light spicey bitterness in the finsh. Medium body is smooth with moderate carbonation.